Technical Services vs Non-Technical Services: Medical Standards

The services within the Civil Services Examination have been grouped into Technical and Non-Technical categories. Technical Services require special medical status in terms of vision, height, chest, chest expansion etc.

Technical services:

1. Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS)
2. Indian Police Service (IPS)
3. Delhi Andaman and Nicobar Police Service (DANIPS)
4. Pondicherry Police Service (PONDIPS)
5. Railway Protection Force (RPF)

Non-technical services:

1. Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
2. Indian Foreign Service (IFS)
3. Indian Audit & Accounts Service ( IA&AS)
4. Indian Revenue Service (IRS – Customs and Central Excise)
5. Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS)
6. Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS)
7. Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS)
8. Indian Defense Accounts Service (IDAS)
9. Indian Revenue Service (IRS – Income Tax)
10. Indian Ordinance Factories Services
11. Indian Postal Service (IPoS)
12. Indian Defense Estates Service (IDES)
13. Indian Postal & Telegraph Accounts and Finance Service
14. Indian Corporate Law Services (ICLS)
15. Indian Information Service
16. Indian Trade Service (IIS)
17. DANICS
18. PONDICS
19. Armed Forces Headquarters (AFHQ) Civil Service

Minimum Standard for Height and Chest Girth

Candidates will not be accepted for the below technical services if they do not meet the minimum standard for height and chest girth.

NO	Service		Height	Chest girth when fully expanded	Expansion
1	Indian Railway Traffic Service	Men	152 cm*	84 cm	5cm
		Women	150 cm*	79 cm	5 cm
2.	Indian Police Service, Group ‘A’ post in Railway Protection Force and other Central Police Services Group ‘A’ & Group ‘B’	Men	165 cm (For ST  – 160 cm)	84 cm	5cm
		Women	150 cm (For  ST – 145 cm)	79 cm	5 cm

* Relaxed minimum height is prescribed in the case of candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribes and to races such as Gorkhas, Garhwalis, Assamese, Kumaonis, and Nagaland Tribal etc. whose average height is distinctly lower.

Standards for distant and near vision for Technical and Non-Technical Services

	Technical Services		Non- Technical Services
	Better eye (corrected vision)	Worse eye	Better eye (corrected vision)	Worse eye
Distant vision	6/6 or 6/9	6/12 or 6/9	6/6 or 6/9	6/18 to Nil or 6/12
Near vision	J1**	J2**	J1** J2	J3 to Nil** J2
Types of corrections permitted	Spectacles, CL and Refractive Surgery like Lasik, ICL, IOL etc. But if refractive surgery was done, the case to be referred to a Special Board of Ophthalmologists.		Spectacles, CL and Refractive Surgery like Lasik, ICL, IOL etc.
Limits of refractive error permitted	No limit. However the candidates who have Myopia of more than 6.00 D including spherical & cylindrical error should be referred to special Myopia Board.		No limit. However the candidates who have Myopia of more than 6.00 D including spherical & cylindrical error should be referred to special Myopia Board.
Color vision requirements	High-Grade		Low grade
Binocular vision needed	Yes		No
Squint	Unfit		Fit

** Near vision for Railways Service viz., IRTS, IRAS, IRPS, and RPF is JI in better eye and JII in the worse eye.

Note: We will be writing a separate post on medical requirements for Civil Services.